They’re still letting M. Night Shyamalan make movies?
I loved Sixth Sense…I liked Signs. I hated The Village. I loathed The Lady in the Water. M. Night should just call it a day and be done with it already. But apparently he’s still making movies, and here’s some info on his next film.
John Leguizamo has joined the cast of M. Night Shyamalan’s latest thriller, “The Happening.”
Set to begin production in Philadelphia next month, “The Happening” is already slated for a June 13, 2008 release date, courtesy of 20th Century Fox.
Recent Oscar nominee Mark Wahlberg leads the cast as a science teacher who goes on the run with his family in the midst of some natural environmental disaster, some horrible happening. According to Variety, Leguizamo will play the best friend to Wahlberg’s character.
Zooey Deschanel was previously announced for the cast, though her exact capacity is unclear.
Leguizamo stars with a different Wahlberg, Mark’s brother Donnie, in Spike TV’s “The Kill Point,” which premieres this Sunday (July 22). His upcoming features include the indie “Where God Left His Shoes” and the long awaited adaptation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s “Love in the Time of Cholera.”
Monday, July 23rd, 2007 at 12:12pm
Filed under Mark Wahlberg, Movie News! | 6 Comments »
July 23rd, 2007 at 12:29 pm
I love his movies! I haven’t seen Lady in the Water, though…
July 23rd, 2007 at 12:59 pm
I loved “The Village”, but “Lady in the Water” truly sucked.
July 23rd, 2007 at 1:37 pm
I have to say I loved all of his movies. They are marketed incorrectly to be thrillers/horror type movies when only The 6th Sense and I guess Unbreakable were. Loved Lady in the Water
July 23rd, 2007 at 2:56 pm
Adia, you are soooo right!! I loved his movies too.. but if they were told me what was gonna be about, i wouldnt be dissaponted.. if you know what i mean.. it is not his fault, though..
Lady in the water is really cute and sweet movie.. dont expect a horror film, its not!
July 23rd, 2007 at 4:35 pm
I totally agree – the marketing for The Village was HORRIBLE, but it was a good movie (although the “twist” was EASILY guessed at the beginning of the movie by my sister and I). I haven’t seen Lady in the Water yet, but I will eventually.
All in all, I think Shyamalan is a very good writer/director – the studios just need to stop trying to recreate the aura of suspense and thrills that happened with The Sixth Sense … they’re dragging down the success of their movies by doing that.
July 23rd, 2007 at 9:07 pm
I couldn’t possibly agree more.